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14866745 No.14866745 [Reply] [Original]

>"The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door."

While this bit of writing is entertaining I don't see how it counts as a complete story in itself. It just seems like a quick set up and a twist. I'm not arguing that it's not a story. I literally just don't get it. Can someone explain how this constitutes as a complete story?

>> No.14866757

>>14866745
Too many superflous words.

"Last man on earth heard a knock on the door" is sufficient.

>> No.14866760

>>14866745
this type of "storytelling" is for redditors

>> No.14866780

>>14866757
>>14866760
I've started studying and practicing the art of story writing about 2 months ago. I know a few concepts but im not very confident about myself in general. So i'm wondering what you guys think.

>> No.14866789

>>14866780
My best theory is that Because the Final Revelation Voids the Assertion/Main Problem in the Set up, that technically counts as a completed Arc.

>> No.14866797

I poured the milk into the bowl and sat to eat breakfast. There was No spoon.

>> No.14866945

>>14866757
Which side of the door?

>> No.14866972
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14866972

>>14866745

A woman knocked on the door.

>> No.14866987

>>14866745
The completed arcs happen twofold, one at the beginning, and one at the end of this piece; thus, the two act piece that you see, in fact, is sufficient as a story but, alas, doth not interest the reader beyond surface terms

>> No.14866997

>>14866780
fuck concepts my man, just read enough stories so you know how they flow
then write the one your gut is telling you to share

>> No.14867034

>>14866757
I can improve it more.

"One man. Knock dor"

>> No.14867042

The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knob on the door.

>> No.14867054

>>14867042
Slob on me knob.

>> No.14867099

>>14866745
it is a complete story even if it's incomplete because the real set-ups and pay-offs are implied. like in music when you go "doot do lo doot do..." and the "doot doo" is implied. except there are multiple possibilites. but you get that feeling of possibilites from what's already presented and so the mystery itself is fullfiling.

>> No.14867201
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14867201

>>14866757
>Last man hear door knock.

>> No.14868220

>>14866945
That's the beauty of the story.

>> No.14868242

>>14866745
there's technically a plot present i guess but it doesnt really constitute a narrative imo. its like, cute i guess

>> No.14868542

>>14866760
Redditors and dumbass first-year schoolteachers. It's always the same shit
>Baby dead, never got to coom.

>> No.14869912

>>14866757
For sale; one door, knocked once

>> No.14869960

>>14866757
Nope. Felt nothing. Prose matters.

>> No.14870017

>>14868542
>Baby dead, never got to coom.
KEK. This is the only good piece of contemporary literature.